Pedestal or support for caskets and the like



G. H. WOLFRAM PEDESTAL OR SUPPORT FOR GASKETS AND THE LIKE.

Filed Sept 2, 1922 INVENTOR Gebrge H .u r

M01 J; M ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 18, 1927.

UNITED. STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE H. WOLFRAM, 01E EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOHOWARD K. MORRIS, GF NEW'ARK, NEW' JERSEY.

PEDESTAL OR SUPPORT FOR GASKETS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed. September 2, 1922.

This invention relates, generally, to improvements in pedestals such asare used by undertakers at funerals for the placing of caskets thereon;and, the present invention has reference, more particularly, to a noveland simply constructed pedestal or support for caskets, comprising anumber of foldably connected sections or members, whereby the pedestalmay be opened for the placing of a casket thereon, or whereby 1t may befolded or closed, when not in use.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal object toprovide a novel and simply constructed, as well as an ornate pedestalfor the support of a casket thereon, comprising a series of articulatedmembers or panels, which are adapted to be easily brought into suchrelative positions, that a supporting pedestal is quickly provided, andthat the members or panels may be folded so as to provide asubstantially fiat and nonbulky package when not in use.

Other objects of the present invention not at this time moreparticularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the followingdetailed description of the present invention. With the various objectsof the present invention in View, the said invention consists,primarily, in the novel pedestal hereinafter more fully set forth; and,the said invention consists, furthermore in the details of theconstruction of the various parts thereof, all of which will be morefully described in the following specification, and then finallyembodied in the clauses of the claim, which is appended to and whichforms an essential part of the said specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich 2- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pedestal or support, themembers or panels of which are opened out for the placing of a casketthereon; Figure 2 is an elevation of the pedestal or support, with themembers or panels thereof shown in their folded relation; and Figure 3is a detail horizontal sectional representation of the articulatedmembers or panels at one end of the pedestal,

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said members being represented in their opened out and supportingrelation.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the said above describedviews, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, thereference-character 1 indicates the complete pedestal or support, themembers of which are adapted to be readily brought into a folded out orspread relation, for the support of a casket 2 thereon, as illustratedin Figure 1 of the drawings.

The said pedestal or support 1 consists, essentially, of a mainlongitudinally disposed member 3, usually in the form of a board, whichmay be suitably panelled, or otherwise ornamented. At its ends 4, asshown in Figure 3, the said member 3 has its edges chamfered, as at 5and 6.

Pivotally connected with each chamfered edge 5, at each end of the mainmember 3, by means of hinges 7, or other suitable means of articulation,is a member or leaf 8, which may be suitably ornamented, and the lowerportion of each leaf 8 terminating I in a supporting member or foot, as9. 75

In like manner, there is pivotally connected with each chamfered edge 6,at each end of the main member 3, by means of hinges 10, or othersuitable means of articulation, a member or leaf 11, which may also besuitably ornamented, and the lower portion of each of said members orleaves 11 may also terminate in a supporting member or foot, similar tothe foot 9 of each leaf 8.

From an inspection of the several figures of the drawings, it willreadily be seen, that the various members of the pedestal may be easilyand quickly brought into opened out relation for the support of thecasket thereon, as will be evident from an inspection of Figures 1 and 3of the drawings, and when the casket is removed, the articulated orhinged members or leaves can be easily folded back in abutting relationagainst the opposite faces of the main member 3, so as to produce asmall package, which can be readily picked up and carted away, andstored in a minimum space for future use.

I claim:-

A bier comprising a body panel vertically disposed, a pair of Wingpanels hinged to each end of said body panel and adapted to 5 extendtherefrom in V-form, and the Wing panels of each pair beingadapted to befolded against opposite sides of the body panel with the wing panels oneach side ol the body panel in end-to-end arrangement in the same plane.10

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 31st day of August, 1922.

GEORGEH. VOLFRAM.

